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Gaza authorities: 6 Egyptian fishermen rescued, 1 missing
GAZA CITY: Hamas said Thursday it had allocated new homes funded by Iran in Gaza to former Palestinian prisoners who had been held in Israeli jails.The prisoners ministry said 26 apartments in a new
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Hamas unveils Iran-funded homes for former Israel prisoners
LONDON: A former Houthi air force commander has been killed in Sanaa after the Arab coalition launched an intelligence operation, Al Arabiya reported. Major General Ibrahim Al-Shami, who ranked number 19 on the Arab coalition's most
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Undercover Ghana journalist Hussein-Suale shot dead
Unknown assailants have shot dead an investigative journalist from Ghana who previously uncovered corruption in Ghana's football leagues. Ahmed Hussein-Suale was shot twice in the chest and once in the neck in the an Accra
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Car bomb at Colombia police academy kills several: officials
At least eight people have been killed and 10 others injured after a car bomb exploded at a police academy in the Colombian capital Bogota, the Defense Ministry on Thursday. The scene outside the
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Why is Kenya an al-Shabab target?
At least 300 people have been killed in more than 20 attacks that the al-Shabab group has carried out in Kenya in the past five years. Based in the Horn of Africa, the al-Qaeda-linked group initially
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France launches $57m plan for no-deal Brexit
France has put in motion a contingency plan to deal with an eventual "hard Brexit", including 50 million euros ($57m) of investments to help ports and airports cope. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told reporters
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What next for the DR Congo after the disputed election?
The unexpected outcome of the December 30 general election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) baffled even the most seasoned watchers of the country. If we are to believe the provisional results
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Yemen army makes strategic advances against Houthis
DUBAI: The Yemeni army has continued in its advances against the Houthis, liberating strategic areas in Saada that were strong-holds of the militia, the armed forces media center said Thursday. Backed by the Saudi-led Arab coalition,
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US-backed SDF says it will help set up north Syria safe zone
BEIRUT/QAMISHLI, Lebanon: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Wednesday it was ready to help create a safe zone suggested by US President Donald Trump in its region across north and east Syria.
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Turkey-backed fighters await ‘zero hour’ to attack Syria’s Manbij
JARABLUS, SYRIA: Opposition commander Adnan Abu Faisal and his army are encamped near the frontline in northern Syria, waiting to launch an offensive on his home city of Manbij. But they are not the ones


